Breast milk to blood lead ratios among women from the West Bank of Palestine: a cross-sectional study of associated factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infants fed contaminated breast milk are at an increased risk of exposure to lead. Breast milk to blood (M/B) ratios have not been investigated among women in Palestine. The aim of this study was to assess blood, breast milk, and M/B lead ratios in samples collected from Palestinian breastfeeding women. Associations between sociodemographic characteristics with breast milk lead levels and M/B lead ratios were also investigated.

Methods

This study was conducted in a cross-sectional design in the period between October 2017 and April 2018. Breastfeeding women visiting maternity care centers in different regions of the West Bank of Palestine were recruited to the study by the nurses in the maternity care centers. Sociodemographic characteristics, venous blood, and br

SUBMITTER: Shawahna R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8381486 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature